A photographer onboard a hot air balloon when it crashed near Queenstown, dramatically stopping short of a house, says it was bad luck which has not put him off flying in the aircraft. Photographer Rob Pine was onboard the flight capturing the "stunning" rugged Southern Alps from a bird's eye view after a good helping of snow. Everything was going according to plan, ready for landing, but as we came in a bit of wind picked up . Ordinarily there might be a little hop when a hot air balloon lands, Pine said, but this "wasn't going to be a tidy landing". The rough landing has not put Pine off hot air ballooning.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 11, 2021 06:00 UTC